Weird Service Animals On Planes

One can only hope to be seated next to an adorable animal such as.

Weird service animals on planes. Disability advocates have voiced concerns that the use of these unusual service animals on aircraft erodes the publics trust and confidence in service animals the NPRM states. When it comes to service animals a dog is the most commonly used although the use of horses and monkeys has also been documented. Sorry I cant help myself.

Service animals are specially trained to assist their handler with a task related to a disability. Delta also says it does not allow animals that emit a foul odor. But have you heard of reptiles or pigs used as support animals by people with disabilities or health conditions.

As one Gawker writer said If I saw this happening in person it would not just make my trip or my month or my year it. New gallery on Bored Panda shows strangest support animals taken on planes. Emotional support animals will no longer qualify as service animals for plane flight according to the rule but psychiatric service animals will.

Here are some of the most unusual service animals. EMOTIONAL support animals can now be banned from plane cabins after the US government ruled only service dogs can fly with their owners. Although commonly grouped together service animals and emotional support animals are very different.

Dogs certified as service animals would still be permitted in plane cabins but service turkeys and service iguanas would be grounded under proposed rules. The VERY strange emotional support pets passengers have taken on planes including ducks a kangaroo and a HORSE. As the Huffington Post reported in 2016 Maureen Van Dorn found herself sat beside a large dalmatian brought on board as a support animal.

Delta has a set of rules that bans snakes hedgehogs ferrets insects and sugar gliders. These prickly little pals may be deemed emotional support animals by their owners but theyre still Erinaceomorpha non grata on some planes. In May 2018 due to an uptick in strange support animals making it to 30000 feet American Airlines announced that hedgehogs would no longer be welcome on their flights.